Yearly Archives: 2018

It’s quite surprising to know that even nowadays Salsa dancing is misunderstood by those who have never tried it! You always wanted to try, but you’re holding back because you imagine that to learn this dance you need some of kind of crazy skill? Maybe, you’re a bit shy and you’re thinking you’ll be the only one that has 2 left feet. First of all, you don’t need to know how to dance to learn Salsa. At our school, you don’t a partner either. You don’t need gifted. You don’t need to be athlete. Rest assured that every one in the beginner level has no particular Salsa skills and many like you say they have 2 left feet. You just need to be willing to try something new with an open mind and smile. Let sum it up! Salsa is a pretext to get together with like minded passionate people to move, have fun and laugh. It’s a shortcut to Happiness. So it makes the perfect gift to give to a loved one or even yourself. So look no further contact us and we’ll be glad to issue a gift certificate of any amount you desire. We are Salsa blackbelts and 2 Left feet specialists 14 years at your service !

If there is one thing that we all have in common, it is that we are unique. Each of us has our own essence; a personality, preferences, strengths, weaknesses, qualities and faults. Each person weaves his own tapestry throughout their lives based on experience which define us. It is art. And it is inspiring. When I walk into a dance class, I am warmly greeted by people from various walks of life, and all kinds of cultural backgrounds. There are singles, married people, young and old, all at different stages of their life. We all bring our own story to the dance floor, and when we come together, it is poetry in motion. It doesn’t matter how well you can dance- just that you want to try. In reflecting on this, it seems only natural that salsa would inspire such a melting pot.  First things first. What is a melting pot, you ask? According to Wikipedia, it is “a pot in which metals or other materials are melted and mixed.” Or, “a place where different peoples, styles, theories, etc., are mixed together "a melting pot of disparate rhythms and cultures". Salsa gets its roots from beautiful and complex Cuba, and it is a well-known fact that Canadians have a crush on Cuba.  But it goes even deeper than that. The essence of salsa was brought together byimmigrants who went to Latin America either searching for a better life or against their will (African slaves). The influences of Danzón, the dance of French and Haitian immigrants, orRumba from the African slaves, and the Són of the Cuban people, blended with troubadour music (mostly Flamenco) of the Spanish people as well as various musical instruments of Africa. [...]